Why the study?
What are the survival and ambulation outcomes in patients following hip fracture?
Population
360 patients with fractures of the hip
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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Underscores high one-year mortality and limited ambulation recovery after hip fracture; leaves open modifiable factors for targeted prospective trials.
What are the survival and ambulation outcomes in patients following hip fracture?
Following hip fracture, mortality is elevated for the first eight months, and only about half of patients return to their preinjury ambulatory status.
Charles W. Miller (1978) studied this question.